Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West

Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West
Author: Jeffrey S. Adler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521522359

How conflict sparked by the debate over the future of slavery remade the urban West.

Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure

Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 1984-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309034396

In this provocative volume, distinguished authorities on urban policy expose the myths surrounding today's "infrastructure crisis" in urban public works. Five in-depth papers examine the evolution of the public works system, the limitations of urban needs studies, the financing of public works projects, the impact of politics, and how technology is affecting the types of infrastructures needed for tomorrow's cities.

Routledge Library Editions: Urban History

Routledge Library Editions: Urban History
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2610
Release: 2021-02-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351137174

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1940 and 1994, draw together research by leading academics in the area of welfare and the welfare state, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine welfare policy, equality, poverty, class, government, social policy, unemployment, and social services, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of welfare and the welfare state in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, health, and political studies respectively.

Somewhat More Independent

Somewhat More Independent
Author: Shane White
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0820343625

Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom testimony--to reconstruct the content and context of the slave's world in New York and its environs during the revolutionary and early republic periods. White explores, among many things, the demography of slavery, the decline of the institution during and after the Revolution, racial attitudes, acculturation, and free blacks' "creative adaptation to an often hostile world."

Interpreting the City

Interpreting the City
Author: Truman Asa Hartshorn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 517
Release: 1992-04-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0471887501

The Second Edition has been rewritten to provide additional coverage of topics such as urban development and third world cities as well as social issues including homelessness, jobs/housing mismatch and transportation disadvantages. It has also been updated with 1990 Census data.

Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society

Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society
Author: Michael Dear
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351067982

Originally published in 1981, Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society, is a comprehensive collection of papers addressing urban crises. Through a synthesis of current discussions around various critical approaches to the urban question, the book defines a general theory of urbanization and urban planning in capitalist society. It examines the conceptual preliminaries necessary for the establishment of capitalist theory and provides a theoretical exposition of the fundamental logic of urbanization and urban planning. It also provides a detailed discussion of commodity production and its effects on urban development.